US Army bullets unexpectedly found at 1918 Mexico border massacre site

A ballistics investigation has raised caller questions astir the relation of the US Army in the 1918 Porvenir massacre, wherever Texas Rangers killed 15 unarmed Mexican boys and men

Humans 25 October 2022

By Jeremy Hsu

The 1918 Porvenir massacre occurred astatine the US-Mexico border

Texas Historical Commission

The archetypal archaeological probe of the tract of a century-old massacre astatine the US-Mexico borderline has unexpectedly recovered bullets and cartridge casings for US subject weapons.

On the greeting of 28 January 1918, Texas Rangers and section ranchers, escorted by the US Army’s 8th Cavalry, rounded up 15 boys and men of Mexican descent from the municipality of Porvenir, Texas, and changeable them execution-style. None of that is disputed. But caller grounds suggesting that some civilian and subject weapons were utilized raises …